Skip dialog box "Execute/Cancel" when starting MS-Dos batch file

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Hello All,

I am running Windows XP SP2
We have some legacy apps running on our network that are started up from a
batch file.
When I start up the app, a dialog box appears saying (translated from
Dutch):

Cannot confirm publisher. Are you sure you want to run this software?
Name: ps.bat
Publisher: Unknown Publisher
Type: MS-DOS batch file
(started) from: U:\pscfg

I know there is a trick to skip this dialog box, so I do not have to click
it every time I start up the software
Does anyone here know what that trick was?
I thought it was a registry hack, but I'm not sure

TIA
Peter-Paul Jansen
Rijswijk, The Netherlands

 

[Olórin]

Hello All,

I am running Windows XP SP2
We have some legacy apps running on our network that are started up from a
batch file.
When I start up the app, a dialog box appears saying (translated from
Dutch):

Cannot confirm publisher. Are you sure you want to run this software?
Name: ps.bat
Publisher: Unknown Publisher
Type: MS-DOS batch file
(started) from: U:\pscfg

I know there is a trick to skip this dialog box, so I do not have to click
it every time I start up the software
Does anyone here know what that trick was?
I thought it was a registry hack, but I'm not sure

TIA
Peter-Paul Jansen
Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Perhaps a daft question, but is there a tick box at the bottom left of the
dialog box you refer to, offering "Always ask before opening this file"? If
so, click the tick (check) next to it to remove it.

Failing that, locate the file in Windows Explorer; right-click it,
left-click Properties in the drop-down menu. Is there a heading "Security"
at the bottom of the "General" tab, with a button next to it saying
"Unblock"? If so, try that.

Failing *that*, check out this site, it may help:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/networkfile.htm

With a quick Google, I also saw a reg hack and a Group Policy entry which
you may like to follow up on.

 

[Ed Covney]

See:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/networkfile.htm

Ed

 

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Perhaps a daft question, but is there a tick box at the bottom left of the
dialog box you refer to, offering "Always ask before opening this file"?
If so, click the tick (check) next to it to remove it.

Failing that, locate the file in Windows Explorer; right-click it,
left-click Properties in the drop-down menu. Is there a heading "Security"
at the bottom of the "General" tab, with a button next to it saying
"Unblock"? If so, try that.

Failing *that*, check out this site, it may help:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/networkfile.htm

With a quick Google, I also saw a reg hack and a Group Policy entry which
you may like to follow up on.

Hi Olórin,

Unfortunately your first 2 ideas did not work.
There is no tick box in the dialog and also no heading "Security" at the
bottom of the "General" tab.
We do not use MS shares, but have a novell network.

I'll try Google and let this group know if I figure it out.

Thanks for the help.

Peter-Paul